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Solanum ferrugineum

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Name

Identification
Solanum ferrugineum Jacq. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by M. Nee, Solanum torvum Dunal [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by M. Nee,
Related name
  • Solanum chrysotrichum
  • Solanum torvum
  • Solanum hernandesii
  • Solanum ferrugineum
  • Solanum ochraceo-ferrugineum

Flora

Entry for SOLANUM ferrugineum Jacq. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 87, (1904) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
SOLANUM ferrugineum Jacq. [family SOLANACEAE], Hort. Schœnbr. iii. 46, t. 334
Information
an erect shrub, 4 ft. high; stem terete, 1 in. thick, unarmed below, spiny above; younger branches rusty tomentose; leaves sinuately lobed, acute, about 6 by 4 in., obtuse or subcordate at the base, stellately hairy and spiny on both surfaces; cymes racemose, many-flowered, lowest flower only fertile; calyx campanulate, 3 lin. in diam.; lobes deltoid, acute; corolla white, 1 in. in diam.; lobes spreading, ovate, obtuse; filaments short; anthers lanceolate, 3 lin. long, dehiscing by small apical pores; style slightly longer than the stamens; fruit globose, glabrous, black, 6 lin. in diam. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; near Durban, under 500 ft., Drège, Berea, near Durban, Cooper, 1272! 1273! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 295!

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